Quote: “The wind came back with triple fury, and put out the light for the last time. They sat in the company with the others in their shanties, their eyes straining against crude walls and their souls asking if He meant to measure their puny might against His. They seem to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.”
Question: Compare and contrast Janie’s three marriages. What initially pulls her to each of the three men? How do they differ from one another? How does she learn from each experience?
Janie’s marriages with Tea Cake, Jody, and Logan are similar, but also differ from one another. For instance, all three of her husband’s, in the beginning of their marriage, treated her pleasurably. They provided for her and treated her respectfully. They differ from one another due to the fact that Logan and Jody tried to force Janie into doing labor with …show more content…
They all have treated Janie very well, therefore she instantly fell for each of them instantly. They all were gracious to her and she fell “in love” with the thought of how caring they were towards her. For example, while Janie was still married to Logan, he tried to get her to work with him, with Jody, she wasn’t allowed to be free, but with Tea Cake, she’s allowed to do what she wants.
Quote: “Listen, Sam, if it was nature, nobody wouldn’t have tuh look out for babies touchi’ stoves, would they? ‘Cause dey just normally wouldn’t touch it. But dey sho will. So it’s caution.” “naw, it ain’t, it’s nature, cause nature makes caution. It’s de strongest thing dat God ever made, nw. Favt is it’s de onliest thing God ever made. He made nature and nature made everything else.”
Question: Their Eyes Were Watching God is concerned with issues of speech and how speech is both a mechanism of control and a vehicle of liberation. Yet Janie remains silent during key moments in her life. Discuss the role of silence in the book and how that role changes throughout the
Question: Compare and contrast Janie’s three marriages. What initially pulls her to each of the three men? How do they differ from one another? How does she learn from each experience?
Janie’s marriages with Tea Cake, Jody, and Logan are similar, but also differ from one another. For instance, all three of her husband’s, in the beginning of their marriage, treated her pleasurably. They provided for her and treated her respectfully. They differ from one another due to the fact that Logan and Jody tried to force Janie into doing labor with …show more content…
They all have treated Janie very well, therefore she instantly fell for each of them instantly. They all were gracious to her and she fell “in love” with the thought of how caring they were towards her. For example, while Janie was still married to Logan, he tried to get her to work with him, with Jody, she wasn’t allowed to be free, but with Tea Cake, she’s allowed to do what she wants.
Quote: “Listen, Sam, if it was nature, nobody wouldn’t have tuh look out for babies touchi’ stoves, would they? ‘Cause dey just normally wouldn’t touch it. But dey sho will. So it’s caution.” “naw, it ain’t, it’s nature, cause nature makes caution. It’s de strongest thing dat God ever made, nw. Favt is it’s de onliest thing God ever made. He made nature and nature made everything else.”
Question: Their Eyes Were Watching God is concerned with issues of speech and how speech is both a mechanism of control and a vehicle of liberation. Yet Janie remains silent during key moments in her life. Discuss the role of silence in the book and how that role changes throughout the